Juanes wins BMI President Award
Colombian rock star Juanes was on Thursday awarded the prestigious President’s Award by music rights organization Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI), reported Caracol. The elegant ceremony, which took place at the…
Colombian rock star Juanes was on Thursday awarded the prestigious President’s Award by music rights organization Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI), reported Caracol. The elegant ceremony, which took place at the…
Cali artist and architect Emilio Hernandez brings his childhood dreams to life by creating life-sized elves in the Colombian city. Hernandez began sculpting at a young age. He draws his…
The man behind Colombia’s donkey-transported mobile library, “Biblioburro,” received accolades on U.S. television this week, featuring on both news network CNN and chat-show Larry King Live, reported El Heraldo on…
For years, the neighborhoods that sprawl over the mountains in northern Medellin, known locally as “Las Comunas,” have been consumed by poverty, unemployment, and gang warfare. For young people, the…
One of Colombia’s most important music composers Jorge Villamil Cordovez passed away on Sunday in his home in Bogota, at the age of 80. Born in 1929 in the department…
Colombian singing superstar Juanes will be attending the Media and Entertainment Excellence Awards on Monday night to pick up his prize for Best Sound Recordings Artist. The glitzy awards ceremony,…
Colombia’s monumental Congress building was overrun on Wednesday by hundreds of meter-long ants, placed there by Colombian artist Rafael Gomez Barros. The swarm of fiberglass creatures attached to the facade…
A film by Colombian director Oscar Ruiz de Navia won the International Federation of Film Critics’ award at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, and as a result will be screened…
Thursday was a good night for Colombian music, with popstars Shakira and Juanes both winning accolades at the annual Lo Nuestro music awards, in which fans vote for the best…